Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site

Memories of the past significantly influence national identities, which in turn shape narratives explaining the past. In contexts with strong national identities, like Catalonia, these memories are constructed within a highly polarized media sphere. This study examines how two memory-related events—...

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Authors: Villanueva Baselga, Sergio, Sosa, Luciana, Rodríguez, Noelia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/227929
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227929
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Franquisme
Identitat nacional
Catalunya
Premsa
Monuments commemoratius
Francoism
National characteristics
Catalonia
Press
Memorials
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spelling Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial SiteVillanueva Baselga, SergioSosa, LucianaRodríguez, NoeliaFranquismeIdentitat nacionalCatalunyaPremsaMonuments commemoratiusFrancoismNational characteristicsCataloniaPressMemorialsMemories of the past significantly influence national identities, which in turn shape narratives explaining the past. In contexts with strong national identities, like Catalonia, these memories are constructed within a highly polarized media sphere. This study examines how two memory-related events—the removal of the Francoist monument in Tortosa and the transformation of the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site—generate polarized historical narratives in the press and on social media. Through content analysis of 249 news pieces and social media analysis of related conversations on X (formerly Twitter), the study finds that media coverage is dominated by political and judicial actors, with social actors like associations being less represented. Both events are primarily framed in terms of economic and electoral interests rather than historical significance. On social media, political actors drive the conversations, creating echo chambers focused on political and electoral battles rather than discussions about history or memory.De Gruyter2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/227929Articles publicats en revistes (Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2025-0006Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics, 2025, vol. 19, num.2https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2025-0006cc-by-nc-nd (c) Villanueva Baselga, Sergio et al., 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2279292026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
title Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
spellingShingle Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
Villanueva Baselga, Sergio
Franquisme
Identitat nacional
Catalunya
Premsa
Monuments commemoratius
Francoism
National characteristics
Catalonia
Press
Memorials
title_short Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
title_full Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
title_fullStr Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
title_full_unstemmed Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
title_sort Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Villanueva Baselga, Sergio
Sosa, Luciana
Rodríguez, Noelia
author Villanueva Baselga, Sergio
author_facet Villanueva Baselga, Sergio
Sosa, Luciana
Rodríguez, Noelia
author_role author
author2 Sosa, Luciana
Rodríguez, Noelia
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Franquisme
Identitat nacional
Catalunya
Premsa
Monuments commemoratius
Francoism
National characteristics
Catalonia
Press
Memorials
topic Franquisme
Identitat nacional
Catalunya
Premsa
Monuments commemoratius
Francoism
National characteristics
Catalonia
Press
Memorials
description Memories of the past significantly influence national identities, which in turn shape narratives explaining the past. In contexts with strong national identities, like Catalonia, these memories are constructed within a highly polarized media sphere. This study examines how two memory-related events—the removal of the Francoist monument in Tortosa and the transformation of the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site—generate polarized historical narratives in the press and on social media. Through content analysis of 249 news pieces and social media analysis of related conversations on X (formerly Twitter), the study finds that media coverage is dominated by political and judicial actors, with social actors like associations being less represented. Both events are primarily framed in terms of economic and electoral interests rather than historical significance. On social media, political actors drive the conversations, creating echo chambers focused on political and electoral battles rather than discussions about history or memory.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2025-0006
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